Much of the research and development work for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) aims to protect the accelerator’s fragile components from the detrimental effects of high luminosity, such as radiation and increased heat. The installation of the “MKI-Cool” LHC kicker magnet (MKI), the first of a series of eight, during this year-end technical stop marks another successful milestone in this endeavour: a water-cooled toroidal ferrite cylinder will lower the projected heat load deposited onto the kicker magnet yokes to allow the HL-LHC to operate well, CERN News.

Photos of the installation: link.